Be the first to comment!Feast of Christ the King at the Nazzarenu community Xaghra
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This coming Sunday, the 17th of October 2010, Xaghra will be celebrating the feast of Christ the King. This devotion goes back for more than hundred years since in 1903, the foundation stone of the Xaghra church was blessed and laid. The Church was consecrated on the 15th of November, 1931, and it boasts of several pieces of artistic work.
Some of the renowned artists who have left their touch in this marvellous church include the Italian professor Virgilio Monti and the famous locals Giuseppe Calì and Ganni Vella. The titular painting (see photo) is a really formidable work by the Maltese painter, Lazzaro Pisani.
The feast reaches its climax from the days between Thursday and Sunday. On Thursday early morning, the solemn Quarant’Ore will officially open during a concelebrated mass presided by Mgr Archpriest Carmelo Refalo. On Saturday evening, the solemn first vespers of the feast will be sung and a solemn concelebrated mass by Reverend Ignatius Borg, parish priest of Saint Lawrence Parish, will be celebrated.
The feast reaches its highest and most important point on Sunday.
Masses will be celebrated at 6am, 7.30am and 10.30am.
At 1pm, the Eucharistic adoration opens.
At 4.30pm, there will be a Solemn Pontifical High Mass led by Mgr Mario Grech, Bishop of Gozo, with the participation of the Reverend Collegiate Chapter and Clergy of Xaghra parish and other Gozitan priests. Soon afterwards, there will be the annual procession with the Holy Eucharistic along the main streets of the Nazzarenu community. The Victory Band of Xaghra (A.D. 1898) will participate. The procession, which will be led by Mgr Mario Grech, Bishop of Gozo, ends up in the square where Solemn Benediction will be imparted. The external festivities conclude with the traditional Wine Tasting Competition and an evening full of entertainment with the participation of several local and foreign entertainers.
The Rector of the church, Can. Anthony Refalo Rapa, is warmly inviting all Gozitans to attend for the Pontifical High Mass, for the procession of the Holy Eucharist and to enjoy the evening with the whole Nazzarenu community during the entertained event which closes the feast. He and the organisers wishes a happy feast to everyone and especially to the community of Nazzarenu at Xaghra parish.
